In October
In October
(On the University Lawn)
Original Text
Helena Coleman, Songs and Sonnets, Published under the auspices of the Tennyson Club at Toronto (Toronto: William Briggs, 1906): 116. Internet Archive
2 The ivy flames upon the gray old walls,
3 Or, whirled by sudden, fitful breezes, falls
4In little crimson showers at our feet;
5Impetuous Spring and lingering Autumn meet
6 On these wide lawns and in the echoing halls,
7 For Summer with its golden bounty calls
8To hearts that still with youth and promise beat.
9These Norman towers uplifted to the sun
10 A nation's hope enshrine, a nation's pride.
11And one can scarcely look unmoved upon
12 The nation's youth now gathering to their side,
13So great the future to be lost or won—
14 So sweet the siren-songs, so swift the tide!
Notes
1] Probably the quadrangle of Victoria University, University of Toronto. Back to Line
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
RPO Edition
2011
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